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A year after the Open Society Justice Initiative and Amnesty International published a report revealing serious human rights violations at special detention units in the Netherlands, the researchers discuss the government's response and the urgent reforms that still need to be made.

Olivia Rope, PRI's Policy & Programme Manager, describes her recent visit to a pilot programme in England where women offenders are being diverted from prison and towards community-based sentences that include mental health treatment.

To mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Delphine Lourtau and Sharon Pia Hickey of the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide discuss the Center's recent report on women facing the death penalty.

At the 2018 UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, PRI called on the UN and its member states to address the global increase in life sentences. This blog summarises the causes of the current crisis and its ramifications for the human rights of prisoners.

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